Velocipede-handle.



No. 652,981. Patented July 3, I900. R. W. PRATT.

'VELOGIPEDE HANDLE.

(Application filed May 24, 1897.)

' VELQQWE ELL, NEW YQRK.

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1 nlicatienfiled Ma 2 6.1897. S'ori; V 1% 837,822. ii-swede Be it known mat. l, [\LFII' W. Pmjm', 0f fi WeN, in the csunty of L sWegin Hm Smmaf New York, have invented niewand useful Empmvements in Ve'lampefiell'nndies, which the follawing', taken is: cormeetioa with the accempanying drawings, is 3 MM, dear, and mast; dgscripfn'ion. V

My iflVQDfiOE relates 0 improvemnis in Emmi-as for bicycles 01' other veXaciped em and far its sweet the production 0f 5:, simpia and practicai device for 'refi'ucing S0 2L minimum the vibmstien @f Hm riders arms; and a0 a is; and the invention consists in ihe combinatinn, eonsarmzfion, and az'rzmgwwnt 0f fi axms,

In d'escribi m this 1' Ira e12 Lian I'QEQTQE! 3a is 1 ad nyiwg dxmvingsfic z'ming part cf this specifacatiou, in. which like news indicate wrresponc'iing pmts in all the views.

Fig-me 1 is top plan, aw-fly broken away; imprm-ed handle. Fig. 2 i an em top plan of 0m and of Sam hamile. and 1 ms detail @ecbiouai views taken, respectively, on lip-as 3 3 and 4, Fig; Ms isometris View at one at the duimhezi split ringg, for seeming; tbs hmipiecea in ppm sition.

My im grew/43d 11mm may be of an y deairmz farm :3? size 1g; seamei $0 the fork-stem QE 2:

bisyala 0; 023%; my? :mmprises a handle-bar A and @ppssiiaely a "infiatszbisimnfipiocim 35 ii; The 2mm; am A preferably consists of & mam-Elie maba bent; in desirable form and having its lengthwise passage or sandnib w px-avided "wit? Jim-bis out-19123516. inlet opcanings a a. 0 The oufleiwcpgnings a a we gmmrally ar rang m3 in pmximity to Jim ends of the baniiw and the 'ieimpmzing a? La usually fumwi the intermediate portion oi said hann'i'immr M61 is n.nvided with an automatisaiiy-cim ugvaivecfi, The opposite ends of 13m candle-km: A are preferably prod-30d with 5112111132,! grooves a, a interposm b0- tween the outlet and inlet awnings w a" The handpieces i 1 may in formed of {my suimme inflatable material and preferably mus-2st; rubber tubes which ouch-01a the ends of 1310 mni1c-bafl and ma scam-ad.

L g wizmmendaoftiie 3mg thahanfg end 551i 3w mmuia-r grooves 0, and

Me inner in E zibes fuming orfviy pmvidafl with lengthwisa czazrz'zgmions 2:0! aha QM vHwinm. mes, are ssh-11a jha b'vdi dvuied leave I5 1; hamHe-bax' A, each pxoviw 5-," mal tapering thzreada b for engaging he A ripherai threads 0 the spfi'n rx'azga 3, 22m! operate ta firmiy clamp 0v mnbsd ifm inner ends of the hanfipieces )3 E3 int-0 the (1/ 0;". Th: outer cia; ha iazmpieess "i5 33 pro-fem suitable caps b which each 4 mid hanfipiacefl and are pravf ieaiz with smnbially-eentml throadeai pmjgctlions Zw" screwing WiilhL F f 9;"; irhfifi A Said mp5 12* 11521.3

iii! annulmfaces 6 'L' $01" eng; 9

.1 ages 0: [5 11 iii-m B B and fuming; said flanges. or: shoulders against the and faces of the hazile-bzzr A...

In the quarmion 9f zrlyinverition the vnivs a ia 01091166 for permitting the entrance E'fihioligh iha the inflating fluid which pals oubiai opoai ga 1, a imp m6 t and simimrly infiams said hand improved handle skulls l'UiiiifCfn g1? iulzairopen'ing; in arder t0 permifi Uze 1m Lion of 'nmbh oi the han'dpiaces and umiasiains a like pre'ssme' in we handpiema.

The eonsbruction and oparation of my improved handle-bar will new be rcmjiiy 11nd sinod 1 2011 reference t0 the fcrsygqmlg dessarfiption and H1 3 :meompzmying drawings,

ii'avingtims fully dem-flmd my x'uventiuu,

iro ieeiing: flange or shoulder engaged with r ent end face of the handle-bar, a mihinsiti-m of {t i'nhnlnr hzmolehar an. it ring encircling the otherend of said tube 30 he and. oniiet openings, :nni iiiineri with the annular groove of the misting; of H tnhe enl :inilie'lmr, a sleeve adjustable lengthwise of the nzmrlle her and. inelosing an t ie handle-bar and engaged with the split nzti chamb r communicating with the ring; for clamping the same in its operative new: her, said hzmzilposition, and thereby closing the correspond- 35 extendeu lzeyeim opposite sides ing end. of the internal ehmnber of said han liapeningofzzheinnnile-hnr, inc-aha piee J and 5% cap for closing the other end of of -the tniie forming the the tube, and thereby closing the other end ring eueirc-ling' the other (if said internal chamber, said cap being ennnd a sleeve adjustable mired wiih the in wzu'clly-projeeting flange or 40 nlie-h rmirlengngedwith ienker of the tube and being formed with new, and desire to secure in;

Patent f elmrwing the same in its 2- sulistentinny-central projection screwing n, sulmtnn why as and. for Within the adjacent end of the handle-bar,

izieii. r51 initially as and for the purpose descrihed.

' 'e timony whereof I have hereunto 4 a mi name, in the presenc-eof two attest- \Eilllflsftfi, it Orwell, in the county of ()5- m. in the State of New Yong this 18th day RA L EU W'. PRATT. 

